Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 25, Number 34, Vincennes, Knox County, 13 September 1834 — Page 1

VOZi. S2T?T. VZKrCEETETES, (&&.) S3, 2832. BY ELIHU STOUT Main Street. Price TWO DOLLARS per year, payable in advance; TWO DOLLARS FIFTY CENTS if not paid until the expiration of the year.

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SOURCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI.

The Harners ia New York have latelv ; published a Narrativc'of an expedition to . tho Itasca Lake, the actual source of the

river by Henry X. Schoolcraft. This ex-1 navigation pedition was made under the authority oftrom Buffalo to Albany New York the War Department in and the" in-1 Ca dividual composing it consisted of Mr. j 1 r0,n Albany to New ork--IIudson

Schoolcraft, who had the principal cobduct of it, Dr. Houghton the surgeon, tj vaccinate the Indians, Ocorge Johnson the Interpreter. Mr. Boutwcll a Presbyterian j missionary, twenty Canadian vo ageurs ; employed by Mr. Schoolcraft, and the mi!- j itarv part consisting ot ten soldiers from ' the companies at rort Brady, under the command of Lieut. J. Allen of the U. S. Army. The actual source of the MissisinDi. is said to be a lake called by Mr. '

Schoolcraft, Itosca Lake, which is a" beau- :l,as an advantage of about GOO miles in j This State, at the last Presidential clectiful sheet of water seven or eiht miles Jer favor, as regards the trade of the Ohio tion gave General Jackson a decided main extent, lying in lat. 47 dc$r. 10 min. ! and Mississippi rivers. Of this, the New jjority. And we are pretty clearly of the long.lttdeg. 54 min. This lake, called . Yorkers have at length become sensible, opinion, that if that election had been dcbv Tieut. Allen Lac La Biche, is about am lht'y are casting about for some new j layed until the first Monday in August

151H) feet above the level of the Atlantic. It i9 deep, with waters clear and cold, and apparently well stocked with fish. An island in tho middle of the lake, about nc hundred and fifty yards long, accor ding to Iieut. Allen's Journal, was called j bchoolcraft s island. We extract the following description from licut. Allen's leUer to the secretary of War. uTherc can be no doubt but this is the true sourco ana tountain ot the longest ,. e t:,,: nnd largest branch ot the Mississippi. o. 1 ' . 5"1 All our information that we had been able to collect on the way, from the traders and Indiant, noiated to it as such; and our principal Indian guide, Yellow Head, who has proved to us his close intelligence of u I the country, represents the same

has formerly hunted all around it, and m says there is a little creek, too small for (, even our little eanoes to ascend, emptying v into the south Way of the lake, and having "v its source at the base of a chain of high Chills, which wc could see, not two miles

off, and that this is the only stream ofi

any description running into it. In fact, the whole country showed that there was no stream beyond, for the lake was shut in en all sides by pine hills, and the only opening through them was that by which v" it discharged itself. To the west wc could ecc distinctly a range of almost mountains, covered with pine, which was undoubtedly the chain dividing us from the w aters of Bed river.

It will been, from my map, that Lac La Biche is but little west of south from Cass lake, and almost due south from Lac Travers, which is a different position from . that assignca 10 u on puuiisueu map?, where it is invariably represented north of Cass lake. There is, however, a little stream, Turtle river, entering Cass lake . 1 . - 1 : i 1 1 from the north, in the route of traders to , Turtle Iakeaid Red lake, but it is very , small and insignificant, and is only Forty-' five miles in length. V ll.ll CIV. 1IIV.I1. Hum IIUIHU-IM , t bay, having coasted nearly its whole cir- j cumfcrence, and found the Mississippi, at n lolt l .nr l Mir hr. from its northern - " y - its very egress from the lake, a rcspectaMe stream; its channel being twenty feet broad and two feet deep, and currcut two miles per hour. Its course was nrthwest, and soon ran through a chain of high pine hills, where the channel contracted very much, and mimcror.0 rapids occurred ot very great tall over boulders of primitive rock; the river running, for me oisiancK, in 11 uccp noinc. u uc - .1 ! . - .1 : n- .7 - feended twenty -fire miles and encamped. Desperate engagement btUceen the I &. Dragoons and the 1 aicnce Indians. Bv a gentleman from Washington county, wc learn that the U. S. Dragoons have reccntly had a bloody tight wiiu me 1 'an - nee Indians, in which the latter had 80 killed and 150 prisoners. Our inlormant derived his information from a voung man who was nt fort Gibson whsn the prison - ers were brought in under the escort of a detachment of the Dragoons. The re - inaindcr of the U. S. forces belonging to nn exploring party were left in pursuit ot the Indians. Tko Pawnees are said to have fought desperately, and to have kill fd eight of the Dragoons. Several Os:ige prisoners wre retaken at the same mue. fn whom it was pretty satisfactorily ns- - ..rertaineil, that the voung nian vnmn uie

Pavnocs took from the Rangers laM sum- canal for boat navigation, from the head '. serts my reply incorrectly while he atmer, had been killed. These are the only G( the rapids to their termination. This ' tempts to vilify and discredit my 'Circuparticulars that our informant was able to; Work. which is shortly to be commenced, ( ar' and this too, without allowing his collect. To-day's mail, r that of Satur-; will when completed open a free commu-, readers to judge for themselves! The ob-

dav net, wc hope will furnish the detai.s of this affair. As the Pawncc3 have hitherto maintain od their supremacy in the boundless prai ries of the west, it is to be hped that the drubbing thev have received from the Dragoons will have a good effect on them, nnd teach them rot onl v to respect our citizens when trading among them or pass liiir throuch their hunting grounds, but bc less troublesome to the neighboring friendly Indian. Little Rock (lazctte Contest for the Western Trade. This struggle between the New Yorkers and l'eunsvlvanians fr the trade of the great western rivers is becoming every day; mere hotly contested. For a long time the formerexultcd over the latter, and pre tended to view their exertions as of no vail, but this summer they have discover d their mistake, and find that Pennsvlva nia is likely to baa more formidable com hetitor than thev imaged. 7he New

orker",had built thtir calculations upon dreary waste a wen 01 cooung w ater their own great Canal from Lnk Erie to! the rniitof a desert of burning sands.

the Ohio rivsr. Bv that trouta the dis taneefrorn the Ohio river, at rsrismouth

to the city of New York, is as follows: !

1 rom 1 "rtsmouth to lake Erie Ohio canal 300 1 rom Weavcland to Buffalo Lake 00 SCO river, 1 15 lUUo . T1 rivcr This is the N. York route to the Ohio T"c Pennsylvania rute via. her canal l,uu ,d" ruau, o me unio river ai j'uts- s burg, is just nbout 100 miles, and the dif-j lercnce between Pittsburg and Portsmouth, as points on that'river, are of verv mUe consequence, ki that Pennsylvania : route, for they are too rich and too enterprising to give it up without a severe con-; test. Their only chance now for the trade of the Ohio river is the projected canal from their great Canal at Rochester, to the Alleghany river at Olean; and we now havo not the smallest doubt but that it will be accomplished very soon. Then tho improvement of the Alleghany will be an object that will enlist the entire influence of N. York, together with a part of Pennsylaiua anu uiu nuiiiuuse populous rcffion , . , , ... . . , 1 '. . r . drained bv m OhinnnH Micciccinm In : l .k : - i r" ' "Z . .7, -ri - stand the torrent of influence which will in that event be brought to bear upon it. The Alleghany occupies too important a position upon the map of the U. S. to permu 11 10 oe long ovenooKeu. DIALOGUE ON PRINTING. "Can't you print me a Bible?" said a good old lady who, some years ago, came into a printing office, in the country. "Certainly,' said a man at the casey who was dabbing at the types like a hen picking up corn "certainly, madam, but not just at the present. It'll take some time to do it.1' "Oh,' returned the old lady, 'for that matter, I'm in no great hurry, any time today will answer.1 'To-day ! said the printer, in astonishment, why, madam, you don't think M "Oh yes,' said the good woman, seating liprolf nn a !pnrh. nnrl tnL-inrr rnl har knitting, 'I can wait just as well as not. iS011jv al)0Ut onc do now, and I ?po9e v'ou' ffCt jt done i)Cforc tea - Wh.it ' nrinl n Ttilln in nn n T Inrnnnn ' Why, madam, it would take me and my Devil a whole year to print a Bible.' Oh, my gracious, exclaimed tho old ja(jv "itnrtinrr nn in nctnniclimnnt i vou jont jiave tic yjXl one to work for j0 VOu?' you j 'Evil one? Yes, he'd evil enough, the u.,.. " ia. uu . 'I woulJ'nt have him print a Bible for mc on no account. I should nt believe a j wor( onlt if i,c did, for he's a liar and the father of lies.' j J don't know whether he is the father nf lies or not. But it is true enough, he's j a ving little devil ; there is no trusting ; him. I mean to cancel his indentures.' j Vdl, r0od bvc, Mr. Printer. I could'nt , think of having a o-ood book done in sue!) a bad office. Emplov the Devil. oh dear! 1 .... .... . - . . . .. ; The old ladv made her wav, with all , haste out of the office: and when it is considered that she was unacquainted tiered that with the technical language of tvpogra- ; phcrs, and did not know the difioieucc be '; tween the printer's devil and Old Nick i himself, it must be ow ncd that her horror ; wa3 Verv natural. 1 ' Mishiwala. This place, situated on the St. Joseph's river on the disputed boun - ; jarv i ctwccn iHichignn and Indiana, j premises ultimately to rival in importance : our niost thriving western villngcs. Our enterprising fellow-citizen, Mr. A. M. I Iu- ; TOl has already erected there a Mast ' 'ur;mrr capable cf making three tons of 1 iron daily, and has likewise in extensive operation iron works which must prove no : csS a henetit to the adjacent country than profitable to himself. Arrangements have aio been made bv a company to open a ' nication bv water between this place and i the mouth of the St. Joseph's and secure - io Mishiwaka advantages, which the en - - : ternrisc of her growing population will not t ul to turn to good account. Detroit Courier. j As it should be Once and a while we - 1 meet with an opponent to the present ad to ; ministration, who is willing to see and print things as they are; though they may ; not exactly show that prosperous change 01 puonc opinion, wnicn me i nig-ieaucrs 1 are wont to impress upon the crcduCNj as , now mot gloriously working a rijggjration in the bod v politic. But to meet with such openness, such candor, such : seeming regard for truth, (?in almost obso - j lete virtue we fear, with some Whig edit a - ors.) in those we were accustsmcd to be - , lieve "denied evcrv thing, and insisted on - proof. it does one's eves nood to look un - on it; and, with the feAiigs of a weary ) traveller, wo hail it a ayn-een spot in - ' We are led to these remarks by observing 1 tho following editorial article in

Watchman, an ably conducted opposition

paper, published in Connersville. The .view it takes of the late election, in this State, is sadly at variance with tho re;ports of some of the hig prints, but ne vertheless it is true: Palladium. THE ELECTION, In this State, eventuating as it ha 'the : success of Gov. Noble over Judge some j Read, is, we observe, regarded by private persons and some public newsnaipers, as indicative of the feeling: of this ! State relative to the administration of the General Government. Amongst others, a laie nu inner oi inc Cincinnati Uazettc, speaks f the triumph of Gov. Noble as a triumph over the administration. This we feel confident, is giving a wrom aspect to the state of politics in Indiana. jlast, Gen. Jackson would even then, have had a majority over Mr. Clay. Though !vc are not of the oninion that a maioritv of the People of this State approve of the late acts of the administration, in the abstract. But this matter had very little, if any thing, to do with the late election for Governor. Gov Noble is a very popular man; and wc doubt not but what there are thousands in this State who voted for him, that would at the same time have voted for Gen. Jackson, had he then been before them for his second term. At the last Governor's election Gen. Stapp was voted for and got nine or ten thousand votes. We calculate that the most of his votes were at the late election given to Gov. Noble. These added to the majority by which he succeeded over Read before, will not vary far from his present majority. In a very large, if not the greater, . . . " j-j part of the State, thero was verv little, if any excitement as to this election. The people, as to Governor, went calmly and deliberately to tho polls and voted accor ding to their predilections, forgetful of party. Hence it is that we think they are misled who set down our Governor election as a test of the feeling of the State as to the administration. Neither do wc regard this election as any expression of the merits or demerits of Mr. Van Buren, and the office holding party, as it is call ed, with which he is identified. Van Bu ren is not, at this time, if we can con.1 t r j as . strue the impulses ot our fellow citizens, the Favorite of Indiana. We know that there were many Jackson men in this part of the State, at any rate, wh would prefer Judge McLean to Mr. Van Buren. who, notwithstanding, voted very cordial ly forjudge Read. Beyond the elections of Andrew Jackson, John Q. Adams and Henry Clay, directly, the people of this State have never been drilled to wear the collar of party. Our State Legislature has never been thus constituted. And it has selected Senators in Congress of dif ferent politics from itself on a joint ballot. And we have sent Jackson Representa tives to Congress trom Clay districts, and rice rcrsa. J his, m the main, is as it should be. When the time comes through out this Union, that all our State elections must be shaped by predilections fur a pair of competitors for the Presidency then we may talk about State sovereignty and rights, but it will be nothing but talk. The President may then speak of his money, hisofticers, his army and his navv for they will be his to all intents and puri- 1 1 1 ! poses lor lurwaraing his imperial uesigns MR. EWING'S LETTER. To the Editor of the Yinrenms (iazetie. I discover an artful compound ot decei ;nd chicanery, and misrepresentation, un ;der the editorial of Elihu Stout, Esq., pub j usher ot me estcrn iun, a paper now j paid for printing the laws; and maa now ! receiving part ot the two thousand dollars ' ver annum marked in the 'Blue Book' as i the salary of the Postmaster. Alter 1 hat i responded t( ! he-thought ' to the false charges of the would Old Settler,' alias Slanderer, it seems an effort was necessary to try and destroy my unanswerable refutation of his calumny : and Stout (as usual) volunteers , to back tho anonvmous slanderer by af- . fording a voucher for the most notorious , misrepresentation and scuruity at the same time, to create a false opinion that tie publishes an impartial paper, he invious nurnose. and drift of the writer of j Stout's editorial, i, 1st. to create a belief ; that 1 neither refuted, nor ever denied, . the 'Old Slanderer's' imputations: 2nd. that the ' . Sun, his paper, never aimsea me: 3d. that I have abandoned Jacksoniism: 1th. that Jacksonmen (of Stout's j stamp) should not vote for me: 5th. that I - 'have done nothing for my district, the : state, or the union: Gth. that I disappointjed both parties, and 'sculked' on the quesition of a resolution, saving the U. States j uaun suumu noi ue recnanerea ui i that all the credit I deserve, 'in relation tc j a bill to obtain an appropriation to im ( prove the Wabash river, is not to have vo a j ted on its final passage, and to have al- - lowed it to pass through the house with - j out knowing it, until it had passed!!! - Stout i writer does not directly allege all the foregoing points; he artfully states - ! some of them hypothetical! v, and some in j the wav of interrogatioa; intending all to a t be taken by his readers, as founded in fact in and this to Dreea tne rancorous hate on 'which it feeds again.' The implied and ! express charges afford a true liaeamcnt the their fa!e origin. But the avowed insuf-

ficiency of Stout's correspondent's attempted abuse, had to be revived by the editorial : and while evidently anxious to impress a false belief that I do not wish my 'public measures criticised (although the publicity I give to them proves the contrary) he would cover a grovelling spirit of anonymous detraction, by misrepresenting them. I should treat all the ri

baldry of the Western Sun with merited scorn, (as those who know me do) but it is now intended for distant use; and after using my best exertions for the common good of my constituents, it is a duty when convenient) to have mv opinions and conduct correctly stated to the shame and disgrace of my unprincipled assail ants. The Old Settler, alias 'Old Slande rcr,' called me a scullion, and charged me Falsely, with a willingness to serve party,7 and 'overlook the interests of my constituents'!!! And Stout is made tosav (with his usual grimace) 'there was nothing in tho publication, which could be construed into disrespect, or ill feeling'; .1 0... I V Id' 1 . .... - .. mis is oioui iiimseii : 1 ei ne sun talks ot Jacksonism; President Jackson despises n l 1 an sucn crawling sycophants, and labom nate all such. Let the prolific source ofj he slanderer stand forth, if he dare, above his proper name; and I stand prepared to show a man estrayed from the principles of truth, and like Stout's paper, a pestilent curse to the harmony of ;h? neighborhood and the best interests of the people. Stout arrogates the right to speak for others, in the words of a known enemy, without a shadow of truth: and the palpable and malignant falsehood of the writer, I have exposed on various occasions therefore it is that by no principle of justice or ima ginable rule of construction, should I be blamed by any honest man, upon such vague and deceitful authority. But I will br the present reserve an exposition of Stout's paper, his infamous writer, and his degraded promptor, to satisfy all the foul charges in brief. In doing this, although I confine myself to defence, and abstain rom tho recesses of tho falsehoods with out shewing his paper, and his writer, to be altogether infamous (and his inform ant to be unworthy of public confidence:) yet, I hold myself to be in perfect readi ness to do this as soon as the writer and informant cease to 'skulk? from responsibility, and give their names to the public. Let me here intimate, the pension mo ney of the people, is not to be paid false claims A day of reckoning will soon come, when money and land will be called forth to pay a just debt; and no nominal laic Can withstand, or obstruct justice by anotlerot "stone." Jt it be deemed necessary, I shall cheerfully explain this al lusion to 'pension money and to 'stone, in my next letter -let the concerned, (Stout's writer) stand forth. I will now dispose of the slanderous charges in the order I have placed them, without any trouble Mr. Stout and his malignant promptor, may very willingly deceive themselves; but I hope their im positions and falsehood, can delude no honest man. The first charge is the filsc imputations of the 'Old Slanderer,' alias 'Settler' the second charge tends to shew, that the falsehoods propagated in the 'Western Sun' for twelve years, were not 'abusive,' because 'abuse' implies injury, &, Stout's abuse has been of right treated with de rision and merited contempt; the third charge relating to Jacksonism, (as belonging to any man.) and the fourth charge, implicating many of my most ardent friends who can judge the President and the Representative as public 'servants,' by their acts, I will not deign (because it is unnecessary) to remark upon. They arc know1 to be filse, or futile; and every readei can counteract their base intent. The fifth charge, that 1 have done 'nothing for my District, the State, or the Union," I could enlarge upon; my services have been been p.s 'nothing'! a million of dollars worth of land to the State is i a. a .a m 'not n in thousands ot claims recovered through me, are 'nothing'! all the measures I projected, and carried as the peoples servant, are 'nothing !!! But I leave thisbae charge- 'charity vauntcth not itself. The sixth charge, in relation to rcchartcring the Bank of the United States, is a wilful perversion cf facts. I was known to be an advocate for a uniform general currency: I was known to prefer currency afforded by the present Bank of the United States to that of any local State Banks and I had proposed a plan preferable ia every aspect to the Uni ted States Bank as it now exists; this plan was then undecided therefore, I would not tie up my future efforts to benefit my constituents, by voting for,or againstnn abstract proposition, which was not refer red to the committee, or legitimately, before congress. A letter of mine, in relation to this subject, was published some time ago in the Gazette; & if fctout s subscribers did not see my opinions, let them withdraw their subscriptions from the par tial polluted sheet; it is in my opinion, nuworthy of any free man's support. I will now content myself with giving the lie direct to Stout's informant, in relation to my absence, or neglect to the passage of the Wabash bill anu 11 me lniormani font a tn Kp should feel) sore at this, let him stand forth! proof upon proof of this, and some other matters, shall, with my aid, help to send him to a well merited and contemptible seclusion. With these brief remarks I confide in the knowledge and consideration of a free and upright people. I would present some other views of the perversions and misrepresentations of 1 against ma, but 1 will not tire your rcad ers with useless commcuts.

In Knox county I received my political birth ; and with the approval of "my labors by an extended district (in contempt of the opposition of Stout's Western Sun, to every measure I ever devised) I hope to merit and receive an enlarged support heroafter. Respectfully, Slc. JOHN EWING. August, 1S31. From the Western Constellation. To the Editor. Sir With no little surprise I have just read in the "Indiana Democrat of ihe21)th ult., an editorial article headed ''Wabash Appropriation." In justice to myeclf and to every individual comprising the delegation from the State, I am reluctantly compelled to intrude my name before the public, for the purpose of repelling the unfounded Jo unwarranted assertions contained in that article. The Editors of the Democrat have, for the first time, discovered that Congress and not the Executive should be blamed for the failure of the Wabash appropriation ; they wish to know why, when the Harbour Bill was pending some one if not all the delegation from Indiana had not "caused an amendment to be inserted creating onc or more ports of entry at some of the thrving towns on the Wabash V and adds that "this might easily have been done, and would have obviated an objection which they (the members of the delegation,) knew or should have known existed in reference to the approval of the appropriation." The charge of ignorance or inattention is thus levelled at the whole delegation, but calculated to operate more directly upon Messrs Boon, Ewing and myself, as the immediate Representatives of that

j portion of the people of the Wabash valley who regard its waters as their great and only thoroughfare to the market which offers an exchange for their produce. With what justice this charge has been made in reference to myself, let the facts alone speak. I can never consent to go further in self justification, than to submit them without comment to the judgment of ... JO a candid community. S far however as the chargo is applica ble to my colleagues, I can unhesitatingly say that it rests without even the shadow of foundation, and that more zeal and activity .o promote the interests of the State, could not have been evinced by any, not even by the Editors of the Democrat, who appear to think it required nothing beyond a more request to procure the establishment of one or more ports of entry on the river. To prevent anv false impressions that may be created in relation to the steps that wcic taken, and that the public may judge how far the statements contained in that article can be relied on, I would recall to the recollection of many whose observa tion at the time it did not escape, the fact of my having, at an early period of the session, introduced a resolution directing the Committee of Commerce to enquire into the propriety of making the town of Lafayette a port of entry. In support of this resolution, I subsequently drew up a lengthy memorial which, after being signed by Mr. Hendricks, (icn. Tipton and mvself, I presented to Judge Sutherland, the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce. It was deemed insufficient however to justify the Committee in reporting favourably on the ground alone, that wc could not assure them that the merchants or traders residing on the river had imported foreign goous. iiau u uccn in our power 10 nave given this assurance, the port of entry a t . would have been established without difficulty. But wc were required in the first place to shew some necessity in it as a measure intended for the preservation and safety of trade and commerce. Every disposition was manifested by a majority c 1 i .ti l of he Committee and pariicularlv by Judge Sutherland, Major Heath of Haiti - more and Mr. Pierce of Khode hland to i .! :i u.i lu";, ra .m'i,wiu navu j'iiHiin:u ui'zinst.'itcs iu 1110 uouse in so doing. 1 cannot conceive from whence the authority is derived for tho statement made by the Editors of the Democrat, that nothing more was required to insure success than a simple motion to amend the Harbor bill or any ohr bill during its pendency, by attaching to it an original proposition, which had undergone no investigation before the appropriate Committee or which had received the negative of that Committee. No individual having the least acquaintance with the course of business in cither House of Congress would make an assertion of the kind with confidence in the correctness of his own statement and no individual member of the Houac of Representatives would make a motion of the kind with anv view to its success might be made in such a way and at such a time, but the object would be to gull the peop'.e at home by a show of exertion, when in reality no exertion was made, for success was neither anticipated nor expected. For my own part I sought to serve, but not by a mere show of service to delade my constituents. To those who seek it, I yield without regret that reputation which arises irom false and hollow professions. Having, in conjunction with my colleagues, rendered every exertion in support of the W.bash appropriation, I was not prepared to mcot with censure for its failure. I believe now and have ever believed that the stream was national, and that a just construction by the Executive would have afforded the means for its improve- - imenl. The President thought differently, ' and at a proper season I presume his rea-

sont will b given to the cotrrmunity. Heretofore his conduct in public life has justified him in the estimation of an Intel ligent and patriotic people; no victims havo been unjustly- immolated to secura the proud and lofty elevation accorded hint by the upright and iropartial sanction of mankind. Whatever reasons ho tziy asuign however insufficient and unsatisfactory they may bo to those interested in the improvement of the Wabash river, for a refusal, on his part, to appropriate money ia aid of its navigation, one thiag I dare te swern, he will never offer himself nor countenance in others, false pretexts, or by prevarication endeavor to shift tha blame or odium from himself to thoso who deserve it not. It was his own act, to the country he stands responsible for it and for the consistency and uniform tenor of his principles, and that responsibility he will not hesitate to meet without cvasion. As a friend and supporter of the great and leading principles of General Jackson's administration, 1 have been actuated by an earnest desire to promote what 1 believed to be the essential interests of our republican institutions. Ia yielding to his measures a just support so long as I iKiIieve them correct, I certainly cannot forfeit the right, honestly to disapprove of any act adverse to my opinions. Without the deepest sense of the most abject self humiliation, I could not chaunt forth praises for an act which my judgment condemned. To a certain extent I have considered the President bound to interpose his constitutional check as the only barrier left, against the wild and Iiccntioas appropriations of the public treasury, made under the specious pretence of Internal Improvements. Without the interference afforded by the vetoes of the President on several occasions, the Union was rapidly sinking into consolidation; the general government alone being looked to for aid in the completion of every sectional improvement. In a little time eur country, would have been no more than a great political market, where the highest bidder of the public funds would have ob

tained the supreme control of the government. In the endeavor to destroy this corrupt system, whieh has been insidiously stealing upon us for years the President has resorted to certain rules; to the definition of landmarks , by which works national in their character and of universal and daily utility shall be distinguished from objects local or sectional, or from such as existing circumstances have not rendered imperiously necessary for the common benefit. These rules I did not conceive, could justly apply to the Wabash river, navigable for steamboats as it is in a fair stage, for nearly six hundred miles, and constituting to a very considerable ex tent the boundary between the States of Indiana and Illinois, that boundary too, embracing the portion contemplated for improvement under the present approprition. That the President, however, should have carried the principle to this extent, is with me a matter of regret, for to every intent and purpose, the Wabash must bo national, when uniting with the Canal now hastening to completion, it will afford the most direct channel of communication between the Atlantic 8:atcs in the East and the Southern Emporium The Editors of the Democrat in cndelvoring, regardless of the facts, to throw the weight of the President's net on tho (delegation from their own State, (or rathw llial portion ot trie da eratmn uU. rt., 1 a a m would nave been thus so culpably neglected,) have displayed a want of investiga tion unusual to the general spirit of their columns, or a degree of insincerity, unpardonable in the proprietors of a leadin public journal. 0 That any feeling of hostility, any pelf? l j o mviiii . mj presentment or opposition to the gro 1 prosperity of the Slate of Indiana ; tej General Jackson ia withhold! growth and actua- .. . i" !ilit.nt.i u:i sanction to the bill, none will be so reckcg$ as to assert His uniform kind and assiduous exertions in behalf of the new States are of annual recurrence, each message at the commencement of the Congressional session reminds the national legislature, that justice should bo done the early settler, that the citizens of the States newly formed, have never realised the benefits enjoyed by the original members of th confederacy in the disposition, aad control of their vacant soil. By no parnui ruie nos ms career been marked, patriotism a pure disinterested love of country and adherence to the republican principles of Jefferson, have distinguished the most prominent acts of his administration; but to say that he has not erred, would be the language of the sycophant ooeni v AnA fp.rlM.lv nr ,1 iTZ L;, JITkl.. .VI II avr uwsm ww niiuuuL WaW rrofir iirr: varication, is alone worthy of the man who cherishes the principles and inherits the blessings of constitutional liberty, as asserted, maintained and bequeathed to ue by that patriotic band of whom he consti 9 v tuted one, and whose untarnished glory is our highest boast. Your obedient servant, EDWARD A. IIANNEGA.V. How to Curtail. While a clergyman of the Methodist order was prayinj at a camp meeting in a roost fervent maBoer for the power of the devil to be curtaiieJ, a zealous old negro man loudly eaHaixned, "Amen ! ves, bless God, cat he tail smack smoovec&" The great art of life is topUy much aad play for little, sAwr,

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